Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
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They can be used to enforce least privilege, restrict destructive actions, and isolate misconfigured services—all without requiring code changes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025 -
The church's chef, Odeh, gave a small speech, telling students this community is an act of defiance in itself for all those who want to separate and isolate the others.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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My early understanding segregated them into distinct Black American traditions: he, Du Bois, she, Washington; the new and the old; white-collar and blue; the talented tenth and those they were charged to uplift.—
Michael Thomas,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Indigenous art has been segregated into natural history museums, not art museums.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Reigns and Jey Uso hit a 1D, but the pinfall was broken up by Bron Breakker, who exhibited Wolverine-like recovery.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Kid Rock Anderson and Kid Rock, now 54, reportedly started dating in 2001 and broke up before reconciling and marrying in 2006.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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The clouds truly began to part, however, when Antony and Josephine gave Baser some advice that would go on to change the course of her career.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
25 July 2025
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Paves also styled Simpson’s hair later that night, parting her hair on the left side of her head and tucking it behind her ears.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 July 2025
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Unfortunately, some of this history seems relevant now as immigrant children are being forcibly separated from their parents.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Court began as a campus summer program in the 1950s but was professionalized and somewhat separated from the university by the late Nicholas Rudall, who led the theater for decades prior to his retirement.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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